Alipourian-Frascogna v. Etihad Airways

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SUZANNE ALIPOURIAN- FRASCOGNA, Plaintiff, Case No. 21-CV-0001 v. Judge John Robert Blakey ETIHAD AIRWAYS, and JOHN WRIGHT, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment limits a state’s authority to bind a nonresident defendant to a judgment of its courts. See World- Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson,

444 U.S. 286, 291

(1980). In order to exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant, the Court must find that the defendant has “certain minimum contacts” with Illinois “such…